Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is pleased to present Benny Andrews: Migrants, the gallery’s fourth solo exhibition celebrating the work of Benny Andrews (1930–2006). Created between 2004 and 2006, The Migrant Series is the artist’s last body of work created before his death in November 2006. In the series, Andrews traced three historical migration routes that connected to his own Black, White, and Cherokee ancestry: the Great Migration of the 20th century, in which millions of Black Americans moved from the South to the North, the 1930s Dust Bowl exodus from the Great Plains that was driven by environmental and economic hardship, and the 19th century forced migration of Native Americans in what has become known as the Trail of Tears. By shedding light on human resilience amidst the injustices of history, the series exemplifies Andrews’ humanist approach as an artist who recognized the power of history and sought to leverage the past to inform the future.

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